Acceptance Testing

What is Acceptance Testing?

Acceptance testing, a testing technique performed to determine whether or not the software system has met the requirement specifications. The main purpose of this test is to evaluate the system's compliance with the business requirements and verify if it is has met the required criteria for delivery to end users.

There are various forms of acceptance testing:

User acceptance Testing

Business acceptance Testing

Alpha Testing

Beta Testing

Acceptance Testing - In SDLC

The following diagram explains the fitment of acceptance testing in the software development life cycle.

The acceptance test cases are executed against the test data or using an acceptance test script and then the results are compared with the expected ones.

Acceptance Criteria

Acceptance criteria are defined on the basis of the following attributes

Functional Correctness and Completeness

Data Integrity

Data Conversion

Usability

Performance

Timeliness

Confidentiality and Availability

Installability and Upgradability

Scalability

Documentation

Acceptance Test Plan - Attributes

The acceptance test activities are carried out in phases. Firstly, the basic tests are executed, and if the test results are satisfactory then the execution of more complex scenarios are carried out.

The Acceptance test plan has the following attributes:

Introduction

Acceptance Test Category

operation Environment

Test case ID

Test Title

Test Objective

Test Procedure

Test Schedule

Resources

The acceptance test activities are designed to reach at one of the conclusions: